Comments on: Israel Institute demands answers to NZ abstention on important UN vote

By: DAVID SINGER

DAVID SINGER — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:56:00 +0000

Brian:

Those “more than 500 UN resolutions” could not be taken seriously since they were based on fraudulent and untruthful facts.

The passage of those resolutions was always assured because a bloc of 134 of the 193 UN member states overtly hostile to Israel are members of a group called the G77.

The Chair of this group for 2019 is “The State of Palestine” – a fictitous state that does not exist and is not a member of the UN. Fantasy heaped on fantasy.

It appears that you have been hoodwinked by this group which has virtually taken over the UN General Assembly and made it totally irrelevant.

Don’t feel ashamed. Millions of people world-wide have similarly fallen prey to this Jew-hating mob who would like nothing more than to see Israel wiped off the map.

Need I say more…?

By: Brian Turner

Brian Turner — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:29:01 +0000

Rather than complaining about one procedural motion, how about the “Israel Institute” taking more seriously the “more than 500 UN resolutions” Israel has ignored in recent years?

By: Esther

Esther — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 03:40:51 +0000

In reply to DAVID SINGER.

The UN recorded it as 75-72, so the author of the article is correct. See https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/ga12101.doc.htm

So three countries were required to change their vote to a negative to fend off the hijack. That should have been New Zealand, Switzerland, and Norway and maybe Chile or Fiji also.

It is pathetic of New Zealand but their behaviour at the UN has been pathetic, particularly to Israel. Is it because of trade hopes with Saudi and Iran? Whatever it is I agree with the questions asked here and hope we get some answers.

By: DAVID SINGER

DAVID SINGER — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 06:25:01 +0000

The procedural vote was 75 to 72 – not 75 to 73 – so New Zealand’s outlandish conduct would not have changed the ridiculous vote.

However it shows up New Zealand as having no position at all on how the UN General Assembly should vote.

How many useless boffins in the NZ Foreign Office are employed that they are unable to do anything but recommend abstention? They could have checked with their EU friends and even their great mate Australia who all supported a simple majority vote being required.

Pathetic New Zealand – pathetic